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Meaning of monitor

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  monitor
      n 1: someone who supervises (an examination) [syn: {proctor},
           {monitor}]
      2: someone who gives a warning so that a mistake can be avoided
         [syn: {admonisher}, {monitor}, {reminder}]
      3: an ironclad vessel built by Federal forces to do battle with
         the Merrimac
      4: display produced by a device that takes signals and displays
         them on a television screen or a computer monitor [syn:
         {monitor}, {monitoring device}]
      5: electronic equipment that is used to check the quality or
         content of electronic transmissions
      6: a piece of electronic equipment that keeps track of the
         operation of a system continuously and warns of trouble
      7: any of various large tropical carnivorous lizards of Africa
         and Asia and Australia; fabled to warn of crocodiles [syn:
         {monitor}, {monitor lizard}, {varan}]
      v 1: keep tabs on; keep an eye on; keep under surveillance; "we
           are monitoring the air quality"; "the police monitor the
           suspect's moves" [syn: {monitor}, {supervise}]
      2: check, track, or observe by means of a receiver

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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